I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 208 Rejected by the Goddess Again
If in the Kingdom of Athens, Metis is the most authoritative god, even if Metis is not the only god in the Kingdom of Athens, Roy must treat Metis with caution.

But in fact, in the Kingdom of Athens consisting of the Attica Peninsula, Thebes region, Eubia Island, and the Corinth region, Metis is not only not the only god, but also has only been a patron saint for more than two months The new god, whose authority is far less than the ancient Mnemosyne and Amphitrite.

Therefore, in the contest between kingship and theocracy, Roy has an overwhelming advantage.

If Metis was the only god in the Kingdom of Athens, and possessed ancient and powerful authority, the contest between kingship and theocracy might be unpredictable.

At this time, Roy finally deeply understood why in the history of another world, only in the continent of Europe, which practiced monotheism, did the power of theocracy override the power of the king.

For example, regarding royal power as a king and divine power as a queen, practicing monotheism is equivalent to having only one queen for a king, and practicing polytheism is equivalent to having multiple queens for a king.

When the king and queen are fighting for power, because the king has only one queen, the queen wants to fight for power, and the only target to fight for is the king.

The king has multiple queens. If the queen wants to fight for power, she must first defeat other queens before she can compete with the king for power.

And when the queen competes with the queen for power, in order to gain the support of the king, the queens all have to try their best to win the favor of the king.

In the history of another world, in the era of polytheism in Europa, the theocracy did not overwhelm the king. Instead, the theocracy has always flattered the powerful king and regarded the king as the son of god.

In the Europa continent ruled by monotheism, there is no such thing as the king being regarded as the son of god.

Because he had the confidence to fight against Metis, Roy said frankly.

"I'm not a dog licking my face. If you refuse my confession, I will definitely be dissatisfied with you, so you want to deprive me of my priesthood?"

"The greatest power you have now is the power of the king! I can deprive you of your status as a priest of Metis, but I cannot abolish your status and power as a king. What's the point of depriving you of your status as a priest?"

Metis said with a serious face.

"As a new god, I now finally understand why those gods who became patron saints must drive out all other gods. Zeus and Poseidon even did not hesitate to bear the infamy of ungratefulness, and they also wanted to drive Hestia out Argos region. You dare to treat me like this now because I am not the only god in the Kingdom of Athens, and you can replace me with other gods at any time."

Roy said with a smile.

"Metis! Now that you know what the problem is, what are you going to do next?"

"I can wait!"

Metis said with a confident smile.

"Now I am just a new god without sufficient authority, but I can accumulate authority for hundreds of thousands of years, swallowing or expelling other gods over a long period of time. Mnemosyne and Amphitrite initially They are not the only gods in the Thebes and Corinth regions, they have also spent thousands of years swallowing other gods. What they can do, I can do too."

"Metis..."

Roy couldn't help but said to Metis.

"You don't think about accepting my confession? As long as you become my wife and let me share eternal life and divine power, I will regard you as the supreme god of the Kingdom of Athens."

"Since I have another choice, why should I submit to a human being, bear children for you like a human woman, and let you share my eternal life and divine power? I don't want to be the object of ridicule and humiliation by other gods, you Or go after other goddesses to see if they will accept a human man as their husband."

After Metis sneered, her body turned back into the statue of Metis.

Being rejected by Metis again, Roy said with a wry smile.

"Should I threaten Metis, if she refuses to marry me, I will drive her off the throne of the patron saint?"

Saying this kind of words, there are only two results.

Either Metis succumbed to Roy and accepted to marry Roy.

Either Metis is unwilling to give in, Roy and Metis will tear their faces apart and become enemies, the Kingdom of Athens will lose a patron saint, and Roy will also lose the blessing and divine power bestowed by Metis.

Thinking of the kindness of Metis for saving his life, and of relying on the blessing and divine power bestowed by Metis to gain a firm foothold in this world step by step, Roy still didn't want to do something ungrateful in the end.

The Royal Palace of Athens.

The hall where the throne is located.

When Roy was having dinner around a table with Procne, Philomela, and Kaone, Kaone took the initiative to speak to Roy.

"My dear! The number of merchant ships coming to the port of Piraeus to trade has almost doubled today. I asked the owners of those ships and learned that they passed through the Sea of ​​Thira between the southern Peloponnese and Crete. The merchant ships of Donia City have collected one-tenth of their goods as tolls."

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Hearing what Keone said, Roy directly sprayed a sip of wine on the face of Philomela who was sitting opposite.

Not only did Philomela not mind, she even licked off the wine near her cherry lips.

Roy didn't care about Philomela's reaction, and said to Keone with wide eyes.

"Donia City charges one-tenth of the toll to merchant ships. They are collecting taxes in the name of tolls! The commercial tax of Knossos City is one-twentieth, plus this tenth One toll, those merchant ships will lose 15.00% of their goods just by paying the tax.”

"It is because Donia City collects one-tenth of the toll that those merchant ships come to our city of Athens to trade in order to avoid losses."

Now there is no commercial tax in the city of Athens. As long as those merchant ships that are levied one-tenth of the toll tax by the city of Donia do not want to be levied by the city of Knossos to increase losses by one-twentieth of the commercial tax, the best choice is to come Go to the city of Athens for trade.

On the surface, it seems that Donia's approach will prompt more merchant ships to come to Athens.

But Lowe has no intention of permanently exempting the city of Athens from taxes.

"Now Donia City collects one-tenth of the toll tax on merchant ships. How will we collect taxes in Athens in the future? As long as we start collecting taxes in Athens City, merchant ships will go to other duty-free ports to trade in order to avoid losses."

Kaone nodded and said.

"Donia City's navy told those merchant ships when collecting tolls that as long as they paid the toll, they could trade tax-free at the port of Donia City. It seems that Donia City is the same as us, Want to develop into a trading hub."

"Although the actions of Donia City seem to be beneficial to us on the surface, Donia City is also using the collected tolls to grow rapidly and become a threat to compete with us for hegemony."

Roy said with a serious face.

"Looks like I'm going to negotiate with the king of Donia, Pandora's elder brother, Radamandis, to get him to give up his ambitions."

　Thanks to book friend Chenxi Yuhan for rewarding five hundred coins.

　　Thank you so much for your continued support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)